Searching for Relief for Cluster Headaches
Cluster headaches cause excruciating pain that often hits at night and repeats again and again.
Category: Brain Health
9 Facts to Know About Migraines
They’re more than just intense headaches.
What’s Causing Your Headache?
Identifying your type will help you and your doctor know what to do to relieve the pain.
Time Is Brain: Seconds Matter After a Stroke
If you spot stroke symptoms, call 911 immediately. Here’s why.
FDA Approves Groundbreaking Rescue Treatment for Cluster Seizures
The nasal spray is the first medication approved in more than 20 years to treat this symptom of epilepsy.
How Diabetes Might Increase Your Risk of Dementia
There is a link, but research is inconclusive as to why. Here are some theories.
Want to Stay Sharp? Maintain Your Social Brain
Spending time with others can help protect brain health.
Your Brain, on Electricity
Weak streams of electricity directed into the brain could help conditions such as depression, schizophrenia and chronic pain.
New Wearable Device Uses Electric Fields to Treat Glioblastomas
Optune device can prolong GBM life expectancy for an average of three months
UNC researchers lead clinical trial evaluating potential treatment ...
A phase 2, double-blind study of the investigational medication, brexanolone, in the treatment of women with severe PPD published in The Lancet. Clinical trials are currently underway at UNC.
Brain Health, Depression, Families, Mental Health, Pregnancy and Maternal Health, Research, Studies, Treatment, Wellness, Women's Health
Predicting Autism: Study Links Infant Brain Connections to Diagnose...
In two previous studies, University of North Carolina researchers and colleagues linked infant brain anatomy differences to autism diagnoses at age two. Now they show differences in functional connections between brain regions at 6 months to predict autism at age two.
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6 Brain Benefits of Walking
Going on regular walks does not only benefit your physical health, but also your mental health. Read more about the ways that walking has on your brain. [...]